
Man's hand cut off in meat works accident
A new employee at a meatworks lost his hand in an accident with an auger.
A new employee at a meatworks lost his hand in an accident with an auger.
A major hydroponic cannabis growing operation, with more than 800 plants, has been found by police in South Canterbury.
Charges have been laid against a Timaru lumber yard in which a toddler died when a log fell on him last year.
Witness: "I said to my wife: 'That mooring line's not set right for this kind of wind'.''
A man has died in one of two serious truck crashes that have closed roads in Timaru and Taranaki this morning.
Offender alleged to have demanded money and assaulted a young man.
Locals were unable to save whale that repeatedly stranded on popular beach.
Bridget McMenamin worked on the Lisa Blakie murder inquiry. She has launched a Facebook page to investigate the 2000 case again.
One person has moderate to serious injuries after a car crash in rural South Canterbury this afternoon.
Friends are increasingly worried for the safety of a Timaru woman last seen in van driven by a man who police fear may be armed.
A man convicted of beating his wife so severely that he perforated her eardrum has left New Zealand.
An elderly man was taken to hospital in a moderate condition this afternoon after a two-car crash near Timaru. The crash happened
Immigration New Zealand are set to remove a man convicted of beating his wife so severely - as she held their baby daughter - that he temporarily deafened her.
First it was creepy clowns, now people dressed as monkeys are terrorising people.
The police have called off searches for Yuri Santana, eight days after he was last seen, but his parents haven't given up hope.
There are concerns for 17-year-old Yuri Santana, who hasn't been seen for a week.
A man allegedly punched a woman in the face several times after wrestling her baby out of its stroller.
A Timaru contractor has been given the task of shepherding two Waitaki film sets to their final resting place - the landfill.
Heritage experts are decrying plans to demolish a prominent South Island hotel.
An application has been made to demolish a heritage Timaru building to make way for a $40 million-$42m redevelopment.
Emergency services were called to Temuka River bridge at about 5.13pm today where two vehicles collided.
It wasn't a bargain that this couple had in mind when they went to the Warehouse in Timaru.
For a double Olympic medallist and world champion, Marc Ryan is a humble chap.
The last bottle of beer rolled off the old production line at the landmark Mangatainoka Tui Brewery site yesterday, bringing with it the end of an era.
A former Child Youth and Family caregiver who sexually assaulted eight victims has been jailed for 22 years, with a minimum non-parole period of 10 years.
A Timaru toddler who fell 150cm through floorboards in the bathroom of his home is now back to normal after his extraordinary escapade yesterday.
A Dunedin man whose hunting companion was killed after a deer stalking expedition went ''tragically wrong'' has been fined $1000 for illegal hunting.
Timaru has been revealed to have the 'worst level of air pollution' in Australasia. How does your town or city compare?
Police say four people and a chilly bin appear to be the culprits in a weird eel-throwing incident in Timaru on Sunday night.
CCTV footage captured four people throwing eels onto the front lawn of a property in Timaru.